E3 2012: Ubisoft's E3 press event live blog

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It's our third stop on E3 2012 press conference day. We have arrived at the Los Angeles Theater in downtown Los Angeles to see what Ubisoft will show us at their E3 press event. It will begin at 3 pm Pacific time (6 pm Eastern time). Stay tuned!

NeoGamr and Neowin's coverage of E3 2012 is sponsored by War Inc. Battle Zone.

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21:20 Dave Legg Welcome to this Neowin.net live event. Coverage will begin shortly.
21:26 Dave Legg John is currently hot-footing it over to the Ubisoft event from the EA conference that just concluded. The Ubisoft event begins about half an hour from now, stay tuned!
21:30 Dave Legg While you wait, why not check out our coverage of the Microsoft event earlier today.
21:55 John Callaham Ok..the event is just a few minutes from starting
21:56 John Callaham The screen on stage has lots of trivia questions about past Ubisoft games
21:58 John Callaham We are just a couple of minutes from starting
22:01 John Callaham We seem to be running a little late now
22:05 John Callaham We are starting!
22:05 John Callaham We are starting!
22:06 John Callaham Looks like its a Just Dance demo
22:06 John Callaham Dancers are on the floor with a variety of moves
22:08 John Callaham Yep, Just Dance 4 is coming
22:09 John Callaham That is oddly, Ubisoft's biggest game franchise
22:09 John Callaham Aisha Tyler seems to be our host for the event
22:10 John Callaham She is a lot better looking than Joel McHale
22:11 John Callaham She's saying a bunch of marketng jargon
22:11 John Callaham Far Cry 3 is next
22:13 John Callaham Wow.. we are starting with a scene with a lady on top of our character
22:13 John Callaham She;s telling us we are a warrior
22:13 John Callaham Oh, and she's almost naked
22:14 John Callaham Now for some gameplay
22:14 John Callaham We dive into the water
22:14 John Callaham And swim underwater
22:15 John Callaham Back on land
22:15 John Callaham In the tropical jungle
22:15 John Callaham Some knife killing action
22:15 John Callaham And a bow too
22:15 John Callaham Bows are the "it" weapon of the moment
22:16 John Callaham Now for some gun action
22:16 John Callaham Uh oh..we have been ambushed into a fire trap
22:17 John Callaham We escape from the rood
22:17 John Callaham Roof even
22:17 John Callaham More shooting of the bad guys
22:18 John Callaham There's a tiger
22:18 John Callaham We have to shoot the tiger because he is attacking us.so sad
22:19 John Callaham Now its some sort of dream sequence
22:19 John Callaham TVs all around
22:19 John Callaham Along with images of people
22:20 John Callaham That was odd
22:21 John Callaham Lots of island to explore
22:22 John Callaham Now we get back to Splinter Cell Blacklist
22:23 John Callaham We get to see a new trailer
22:23 John Callaham Third Eschelon is shutting down?
22:24 John Callaham More Sam Fisher killing
22:25 John Callaham All of this is pre-generated footage by the way
22:25 John Callaham Next: Marvel's Avenger Battle for Earth
22:26 John Callaham Another pre-generated trailer
22:26 John Callaham Wolverine battles Venom
22:26 John Callaham Magneto vs Spider-Man
22:27 John Callaham Ubisoft is going to show off Wii U games now
22:28 John Callaham Rayman Legends
22:29 John Callaham The Wii U touch screen on the Gamepad can be used to guide a character on the TV
22:30 John Callaham Lots of side scrolling action
22:31 John Callaham The touch screen is certainly perfect for this 2D game
22:33 John Callaham More side scrolling with the Wii U Gamepad touch screen
22:33 John Callaham Looks pretty cool
22:34 John Callaham Next we get a M rated Ubisoft zombie game
22:35 John Callaham Scenes of stop motion zombie action
22:36 John Callaham Takes place in London
22:36 John Callaham ZombiU
22:37 John Callaham Its a Wii U exclusive
22:37 John Callaham No word on a release date
22:38 John Callaham More Wii U games
22:38 John Callaham Your Shape, Rabbits, Sports Connection
22:39 John Callaham Next: Assassin's Creed III
22:39 John Callaham Another pre-rendered trailer
22:41 John Callaham The new character is taking on a whole army of Redcoats
22:41 John Callaham And winning
22:42 John Callaham George Washington is in the trailer
22:43 John Callaham Now we get a live demo
22:43 John Callaham In a snowy forest
22:43 John Callaham Conner is running in his gear
22:44 John Callaham He's moving in the trees
22:44 John Callaham He just killed a deer..for foor we guess
22:44 John Callaham But wolves are now after him
22:46 John Callaham He's now on a horse
22:47 John Callaham Riding to go after a Templar
22:47 John Callaham He's taking out a bunch of Redcoats agan
22:48 John Callaham Again even
22:48 John Callaham He's approaching a British fort
22:49 John Callaham He's climbing a rock face
22:50 John Callaham He blows up a building in the fort
22:50 John Callaham He takes out the enemy in spectaclar fashion
22:51 John Callaham Yet another trailer
22:53 John Callaham Now we get Shootmania Storm
22:54 John Callaham We getting a live demo
22:55 John Callaham Aisha Tyler and this really annoying guy seem to have a wager
22:56 John Callaham Two teams compete..one of all girls who are esports players
22:56 John Callaham The other is all male
22:57 John Callaham Elite Mode..Three on Three..but one player will face against all three of the other team
22:59 John Callaham The girls lose first
22:59 John Callaham Wow..one guy beat all three of the ladies
23:00 John Callaham Ah.and the girls win a round finally
23:01 John Callaham The men win the whole match
23:03 John Callaham Now we get some online oriented games
23:03 John Callaham Ghost Recon Online, The Settlers Online
23:04 John Callaham Ubisoft CEO YVes Gullemot is on stage
23:06 John Callaham A trailer shows some kind of sinister Big Brother scenario
23:08 John Callaham This game apparently puts you in charge of an OS that runs a whole city
23:09 John Callaham Now we are in the game
23:10 John Callaham You can apparently see the connections between people in this city
23:11 John Callaham You can apparently shut down surrounding cellphones
23:13 John Callaham Still not sure what this game is supposed to be
23:13 John Callaham You are in a nightclub trying to find and kill someone
23:14 John Callaham Now we get some action
23:15 John Callaham Some shooting
23:18 John Callaham Looks like there's two players now
23:18 John Callaham Watch Dogs is the title
23:20 John Callaham We are wrapping up..but Sony is next at 6 pm PT
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